Great article. If you start or join a startup, you really need to educate yourself on this topic. When I started at Google, I bought a book called Consider Your

Great article. If you start or join a startup, you really need to educate yourself on this topic. When I started at Google, I bought a book called Consider Your Options: http://www.fairmark.com/books/consider.htm http://www.fairmark.com/books/consider.htm It's quite good. I also have a copy of Piaw Na's book: http://books.piaw.net/guide/index.html http://books.piaw.net/guide/index.html (An Engineer's Guide to Silicon Valley Startups) but I have to admit that I haven't read it yet because most of my finances are in order at this point.